“Protect her?
You nearly destroyed everything. My marriage. My reputation.
His eyes blazed with a rage that made even the nearby guests take a step back. “I have given everything to Selena,” Alan continued. “Every late night at the office, every hour at the gym… it was all to build a life for us.
And you decided to twist those moments into something ugly?”
Leah began to cry, her hands covering her face. Then Alan turned to me, his eyes softer but filled with a pain that cut deeper than any accusation. “Do you trust me that little?
After everything we’ve been through?”
My heart crumbled. The perfect white wedding dress suddenly felt suffocating. Tears began to stream down my cheeks, mascara blurring my vision.
“I’m sorry,” I whispered, then louder, “I’M SO SORRY, ALAN.”
My body shook with sobs. The weight of doubt, the pain of almost destroying something beautiful… it all came crashing down. “I should’ve believed in you.
And trusted you immediately. Instead, I let someone else’s suspicions poison my mind.”
“Hey, we’re okay.”
“How can you forgive me so easily?” I asked. He smiled, that smile that had made me fall in love with him all those years ago. “Because love isn’t about being perfect.
It’s about choosing each other. Every single day.”Continue reading…
